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But as soon as he was gone away, some men came and bound Hyrcanus
and Phasaelus, while Phasaelus greatly reproached the Parthians for their
perjury; However, that butler who was sent against Herod had it in command
to get him without the walls of the city, and seize upon him; but messengers
had been sent by Phasaelus to inform Herod of the perfidiousness of the
Parthians. And when he knew that the enemy had seized upon them, he went
to Pacorus, and to the most potent of the Parthians, as to the lord of
the rest, who, although they knew the whole matter, dissembled with him
in a deceitful way; and said that he ought to go out with them before the
walls, and meet those which were bringing him his letters, for that they
were not taken by his adversaries, but were coming to give him an account
of the good success Phasaelus had had. Herod did not give credit to what
they said; for he had heard that his brother was seized upon by others
also; and the daughter of Hyrcanus, whose daughter he had espoused, was
his monitor also [not to credit them], which made him still more suspicious
of the Parthians; for although other people did not give heed to her, yet
did he believe her as a woman of very great wisdom.

Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.

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